Topaz scores best workplace three in a row - Company makes top ten in latest list - Only fuel and convenience retailer to make best workplace list

This year Topaz secured its highest ever position, making the top ten in a list of the best large workplaces in Ireland. Topaz is the only Irish owned company in the top 10, which includes companies like Microsoft, Pepsico Ireland and Diagio.

Once again the fully Irish owned and managed company is the only fuels and convenience retailer to be recognized as one of the best places to work. The Best Companies study sets out to recognize the finest employers and therefore the most satisfied workforces in Ireland.

Frank Gleeson, Retail Director at Topaz said; “We are delighted to be recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland for the third year in a row. This is a great achievement for a young Irish company like Topaz. The passion, drive and commitment shown by all our 1,420 staff is the key to our success, making Topaz the vibrant can do organization it is.”

Dermot Kavanagh, fuel pricing executive for Topaz started off as a service station attendant in 1999 said what he liked about Topaz was the way the company focused on people development. “Topaz wants people to grow and develop within the company - to learn new skills and gain new experiences. That drives us on as employees and makes the company such a stimulating and satisfying place to work”.